Improvement in printers  chases



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THOMAS OLEMENTS, 'OF LITTLE ROOK, ARKANSAS.

Letters Patent vNo. 108,759, dated November 1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRINTERS' CHASES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and :making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that LTHOMAS A. (ELEMENTS, of Little Rock, in the county of -Pulaski and State of Arkansas, .have invented a new and improved Printers Chase; vand I do hereby declare that the y following is a full, clear, and exact description theref "of,4 which will enable others skilled in 4the art to make and use the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specifi- Itime and labor.

The invention consists in constructing the chases in sections, which areconneoted with each other by means of right and left Screws, so that, by turning said screws, the sizeof the chases can be adjusted at will, and the types clamped tightly and squarely, so, as to obtain, with less labor, a square and exact form a great desideratum with printers.

Ain the drawing represents my impioved chase. This is composedof four sections, which are connected on the straight ends and sides of the chase by means of right-and-left screws B B. These screws serve to adjust the chase to thel required length and width. l 1

The metallic side andfoot-sticks (furniture) C C are used in the chase in place of the ordinary wooden beveled furniture, which 'is too rapidly used up and destroyed.

By means of thel screws these chases can be properly adjusted without the use of the quons, shootingsticks, beveled furniture, and mallets, now employed.

Having thus described my invention,

' I claim as new and desire -to secure by Letters Patent- The sectional chase A, provided with the right-andleft screws B B, to be adjustable, substantially as herein shown and described.

THOMAS A. CLEMENTS.

Witnesses: i WALTON WA'rKnvs,

THOMAS; B. HENNEBERRY.

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